Abigail Chabitnoy reads three poems “LETTER TO THE DAUGHTER I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE,” “WHEN YOU SAY THE DEER SWEPT OUT TO SEA WAS ‘SAVED,'” and “I TOO GROW TIRED OF THE PLOT” featured in Issue 3.44 (Summer, 2021). Plus new work titled “BAPTISM BY FIRE”
Abigail Chabitnoy is the author of How to Dress a Fish (Wesleyan, 2019), which was shortlisted for the 2020 International Griffin Prize for Poetry. She is a mentor for the Institute of American Indian Arts MFA in Creative Writing, and a member of the Tangirnaq Native Village in Kodiak.
This reading was recorded on September 9th, 2021 at our 3.44 virtual issue launch. Issue 3.44 (Summer, 2021) invites the reader to reposition themselves within both new and existing works of art and writing, prompting shifts in how we perceive and the worldview that flows from that perception. Purchase the issue here.